The grumpy thread

[GrumpiusMaximus]

2 hours ago, Fumbler said:

Woken up by the fire alarm.

When I was a kid this was usually a sign that Dad had tried to cook breakfast.

[Coprolalia]

Octavia shat a brake caliper on my way to clinic, in plumes of whitish smoke.

The door locks also appear to be playing proper silly buggers, locking/ unlocking completely at random.

Is it time for the bridge?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

20 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

.... No Time To Die.  A less-than satisfactory Bond film, despite (because of?) many heavy references to the earlier movies.  Very heavy use of "All The Time In The World" from OHMSS; Also, nice to see B549WUU, Dalton's Aston that can be caught by Lada police cars on ice.  Except it was destroyed in that movie, much like the DB5 was in Skyfall.  Continuity, guys, come on...  A detail I did like was the corridor by M's office, with paintings on the wall of some of his predecessors, specifically Judi Dench and Robert Brown.  I was looking for Bernard Lee but failed to spot him.  I liked Craig as Bond.  I liked the cold hard edge he brought to the part, very much like the character in the books.  But this..... this was just too gloomy, in so many ways.  And the freefalling "quality" of theme song hasn't changed, each one more rubbish than the last by a long LONG distance.  This one being a perfect illustration....

Nearly three hours long, they tell me. Think I'll wait for the DVD.....

[Fumbler]

1 hour ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

When I was a kid this was usually a sign that Dad had tried to cook breakfast.

Fortunately it was the sadist residential team doing the annual drill. I'm definitely feeling the resultant lack of sleep though!

[MikeR]

Ear is still twinging 

Dam Wasps ...

[eddyramrod]

2 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Nearly three hours long, they tell me. Think I'll wait for the DVD.....

I think it's billed as running 2:45.  That's quite enough.

[mintwth]

Changing the the pollen filter on an automatic Saab 9-5. Enough to make anyone grumpy. 

Who thought that was a good design, eh? 

[twosmoke300]

They aren’t great but plenty worse ! RHD fiat 500 you have to take the steering column knuckle off ffs

[mintwth]

It'd be easy* if you were a contortionist 

[Remspoor]

3 hours ago, MikeR said:

Ear is still twinging 

Dam Wasps ...

You might be allergic to wasp stings. Best get a check to see if you are.

[MikeR]

1 minute ago, Remspoor said:

You might be allergic to wasp stings. Best get a check to see if you are.

Had a few stings now , must admit the side of my face went a bit and my eye started stinging , seems ok now .

Last one was on my elbow whilst driving !!!!

[Blake's Den]

I've been chasing an intermittent starting problem on my Mini MPI. Sure enough, when I turn the key to start it fires up first time 🤦‍♂️. Now I have to remove the dashboard to get to the immobiliser. Normally this isn't and issue but I'm really struggling with back pain and Mini's are not known for being the most comfortable of vehciles to start off with.

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, Blake's Den said:

I've been chasing an intermittent starting problem on my Mini MPI. Sure enough, when I turn the key to start it fires up first time 🤦‍♂️. Now I have to remove the dashboard to get to the immobiliser. Normally this isn't and issue but I'm really struggling with back pain and Mini's are not known for being the most comfortable of vehciles to start off with.

You need a bigger car......😉

[GrumpiusMaximus]

3 hours ago, mintwth said:

Changing the the pollen filter on an automatic Saab 9-5 automatic. Enough to make anyone grumpy. 

Who thought that was a good design, eh? 

Mk2 Focus is an absolute arseache.  Actually, it's more of a headache as you have to dangle yourself upside down into the passenger-side footwell after hinging the fusebox down and cutting your knuckles in the dark.  It's behind the centre console.  Much worse if you're a fat fuck like me and all the blood rushes to your head.  Once you've done it, you'll get up and fall over with the headrush.

Then never, ever do it again.  Sod that.

[mintwth]

In a fit of jealousy (and maybe due to not having been used much for a few weeks as it's almost empty and fuel crisis) the modern's decided to have a battery crisis. It's not even 4 yet ffs.

Guess that'll be needing a new battery. 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

You need an older car......😉

EFA

[Minimad5]

House.

These all happened over a few weeks..

Shower started leaking- fixed

Bath cold feed - Burst pipe, so replaced

Bath sealant- split, ragged out and re-sealed.

That must be it right? . NOPE.

Shower switch failed (1hr before i needed to be in work, so mad dash to screwfix etc before work)

Front door barrel failed - Replaced

And last week the boiler 🙈

So yeah, I'm now piss poor 😅

 

.... ooh yeah and the dog decided to cost me £65 at the vets too 😲😅. No more horrible surprises please life 

[High Jetter]

Your dogs can decide such things?

[High Jetter]

4 things fixed, result?

[Spiny Norman]

6 hours ago, mintwth said:

Changing the the pollen filter on an automatic Saab 9-5. Enough to make anyone grumpy. 

Who thought that was a good design, eh? 

Could be worse. Could be a K11 Micra where you have to take a hacksaw and cut off part of the dashboard.

[adw1977]

2 hours ago, Minimad5 said:

.... ooh yeah and the dog decided to cost me £65 at the vets too 😲😅

I count myself lucky if a visit to the vet with my cat only costs £65.  Last month I paid out over £300 for one visit. 

[MikeR]

5 hours ago, adw1977 said:

I count myself lucky if a visit to the vet with my cat only costs £65.  Last month I paid out over £300 for one visit. 

we did over 1000 notes in one visit and the dog still died ....... 

[artdjones]

6 hours ago, Spiny Norman said:

Could be worse. Could be a K11 Micra where you have to take a hacksaw and cut off part of the dashboard.

Only the first time. We sold a base model 02 Micra to a woman who came back complaining that the car took ages to demist. It turned out to still have the original pollen filter in after 9 years. We had never even thought to look as it was a non a/c model. But it only required a few tabs to be snipped through. 

[artdjones]

9 minutes ago, MikeR said:

we did over 1000 notes in one visit and the dog still died ....... 

Yes, we paid €450 last year and ended up with a dead dog. An x-ray found a large liver tumour, which was game over.

What was annoying was the suggestion that we had an additional ultrasound at another €200, just to make sure. Which was €50 more than my wife had paid for a private ultrasound 3 months before.

[Zelandeth]

Actually had to go out today on a journey which involved both public transport and walking around a busy city.

This was an interesting experiment for me as it basically was a way of questioning whether it was vaguely comfortable going beyond my immediate local vicinity for essential journeys only.

Answer is an absolute immediate and resounding no.

If someone else had not been relying on me I'd have turned right back around the moment I stepped onto the platform at the train station and saw how many folks were waiting.  Wasn't quite standing room only but not far off.

Just absolutely did not feel even remotely safe.  The antivax propaganda sticker on the train window next to the seat I was in was a nice touch.  I couldn't see a single person wearing a mask from where I was sat on either the outward or return trips.

 

My ability to deal with crowded places and such has always been minimal but it's just absolutely non existent now.

 

Feel utterly inescapably trapped here and cannot forsee any course of events which is going to change that.

 

[Minimad5]

16 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Your dogs can decide such things?

When he decides to start limping and flinches when you touch his paw, yes.

[eddyramrod]

58 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

My ability to deal with crowded places and such has always been minimal but it's just absolutely non existent now.

Me too.  My sister is proposing a meetup (we live 130 miles apart) and our normal routine would be to both get trains to where we're going, usually Preston.  I don't feel that using the train under current conditions is a safe thing to do, and my claustrophobia is doing nothing other than getting stronger by the day.  We could probably go by car if the petrol situation was anything like normal, except that would cost me an arm and a leg because I don't have a daily any more, just Huggy and the Motability car.  Huggy is thirsty; I don't feel I can use the Motability car for my own leisure purposes, because it's in MrsR's name.  Sister had (last time I saw her) a then-new Pug 108, so thirst is less of an issue for her, she just doesn't much like driving.  I'm coming round to the same opinion after spending most of my working life behind the wheel!

[Jazoli]

You can use the Motab car all you like in reality Eddy, no-one checks on you, the petrol thing is back to normal too, all the stations in the area now have fuel

[Fumbler]

4 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Actually had to go out today on a journey which involved both public transport and walking around a busy city.

This was an interesting experiment for me as it basically was a way of questioning whether it was vaguely comfortable going beyond my immediate local vicinity for essential journeys only.

Answer is an absolute immediate and resounding no.

If someone else had not been relying on me I'd have turned right back around the moment I stepped onto the platform at the train station and saw how many folks were waiting.  Wasn't quite standing room only but not far off.

Just absolutely did not feel even remotely safe.  The antivax propaganda sticker on the train window next to the seat I was in was a nice touch.  I couldn't see a single person wearing a mask from where I was sat on either the outward or return trips.

 

My ability to deal with crowded places and such has always been minimal but it's just absolutely non existent now.

 

Feel utterly inescapably trapped here and cannot forsee any course of events which is going to change that.

 

Anything to do with TfL requires you to wear a face covering. Everything to do with National Rail (soon GBR) doesn't, at least that's what the TfL signs at London Paddington say. Even though the Tube requires it, it can't be enforced due to the sheer weight of people travelling through the system. Personally, I'm happy to see crowds again. It actually feels like we're returning to what was very nearly a distant memory. The last 18 months have, for me, been absolutely horrible.

[Mally]

3 hours ago, Jazoli said:

You can use the Motab car all you like in reality Eddy, no-one checks on you, the petrol thing is back to normal too, all the stations in the area now have fuel

Only if for the disabled persons benefit. 

If you have an accident whilst alone in the car, questions may be asked.

However if Eddie was collecting  something that his wife needed, or wanted from Eddies sister...

Anytime you are alone in the car Eddie, always have a reason that can be confirmed by someone else, (your wife will do) before you set off.

Edit,

My late wife had an insatiable urge to buy Ghia wheels on ebay to give to my son for his birthday at one time.

Can you pick these up from...............please?